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...missed the apricot's glorious, but short, season, the recipe also works well with peaches. Those with a weakness for trivia will find gems throughout the text, which, again, is an addition to the original Pomona. Did you know that currants have a patron saint, John the Baptist? (His feast day, June 24, is around the time of the harvest.) Or that gooseberries have a literary pedigree stretching back to 13th-century France? (The poet Rutebeuf mentions them.) Or that drinking water after eating lots of cherries can cause indigestion? (The liquid swells the pectin in the fruit.) Pomona Britannica...
...back and alights inCanaanite towns that may correspond topresent-day Nablus, Hebron and Jerusalem. He grows rich, distinguishing himself sometimes as a warrior king and sometimes as an arch-diplomat. At one point, three strangers appear at his tent. A model of Middle Eastern hospitality, he lays out a feast. They turn out to be divine messengers bearing word that God intends to destroy Sodom, where his nephew Lot lives. Abraham initiates an extraordinary haggling session, persuading the Lord to spare Sodom if 10 righteous people can be found. They...
...hints at Aqaba's early history. The fort has always been the symbolic heart of Aqaba and, when it fell to his troops, Lawrence knew he had completed his journey to victory. For those on the tour, too, Aqaba is the final destination, complete with a celebratory open-air feast in the fort's courtyard, the sound of battle cries replaced by popping corks and silver service...
Your brief report on hunters who may have died from a version of mad-cow disease, "Deadly Feast: Can Venison Kill You?" [Science, Aug. 12], should rightly have been titled "Bambi Gets Even!" I've argued in the past that hunting is not a sport, because if it were, both sides would be comparably matched. But now perhaps it truly can be called a sport--with both hunters and prey having an equal opportunity to kill each other. CHERIE TRAVIS Downers Grove...
...most recent visit, a lone Chinese woman came into the shop and ordered a slice of Black Forest cake, tiramisu and a glass of cold milk. Moments later she was forking her way through her plate of dessert with obvious pleasure. Back when I was a student, a feast like that would have had me weeping...